Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and the Ministers of State. I say "well done" and "fair play" to the Minister on the rostering of staff over the weekend. It is very welcome news. I hope it will contribute to the transformation we all hope to see and are striving for on the health committee.

I will start with the nursing homes issue, which has been very topical in recent weeks. In light of the programme and all of the discussion and the events around it, in the view of the Minister, the Ministers of State and the Department, will anything change in how we deliver nursing home care and care of the elderly? Given what we witnessed, will there be some shift in policy, perhaps, such as a greater proportion of public beds to private beds? Has anything been triggered in the Department?